British Grand Prix winner Lewis Hamilton admits that he had moments of doubting he may ever win again during his long win-less run of almost 60 grands prix.
Hamilton ended the longest win drought of his Formula 1 career and claimed his 104th grand prix victory and ninth win in the British Grand Prix by holding off a hard-charging Max Verstappen over the final laps.
This was Hamilton’s final British Grand Prix victory as a Mercedes driver with the seven-times world champion having confirmed he will move to Ferrari at the end of this season. Hamilton said he was desperate to win his final home race as a Mercedes driver.
“I can’t stop crying,” Hamilton said. “It’s been since 2021, just every day getting up, trying to fight, to train to put my mind to the task and work as hard as I can with this amazing team.
“This is my last race here at the British Grand Prix with this team, so I wanted to win it so much for them because I love them. I appreciate them so much. All the hard work they’ve been putting in all of these years, I’m forever grateful to everyone in this team, everyone at Mercedes and all our partners.”
Hamilton had not won a race since the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, a span of 57 rounds. He admitted that there had been moments where he wondered whether he would ever win again over the last two-and-a-half seasons.
“It’s so tough, I think, for anyone,” said Hamilton. “But I think the important thing is just how you continue to get up you’ve got to continue to dig deep, even when you feel like you’re at the bottom of the barrel.
“There’s definitely been days between 2021 and here where I didn’t feel like I was good enough, or whether I was going to get back to where I am today. But the important thing is I had great people around me continuing to support me and my team, every time I turned up. And to see them putting in the effort, that really encouraged me to do the same thing. And otherwise my fans, when I see them around the world, they have been so supportive. So a big, big thank you to everybody back to the factory. Everyone here, I love you guys.”
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